Become a mentor

SpielFabrique has been building a network of high-class international experts of the video game industry in Europe and Africa. Through this network, we offer strong support to indie studios to become successful entrepreneurs within the game industry.

Interested in coaching indie studios from Europe and Africa? We are looking for people with experience in managing studios, producing video games and doing business development publishers, studios!

Contact spielfabrique to be part of the mentors’ network: contact@spielfabrique.eu

Mentor's program

What do we offer ?

Our Acceleration program is a 6 months yearly program (March – August) dedicated to the success of selected Indie studios in Europe.

The programme is composed of:

-personalized mentoring on business topics,

-one on-site and one online workshops with international video game industry experts

-Several webinars with international experts and companies

-One final pitching/networking event.

The goal is to bring expertise on every business aspect of video games development: financing, marketing, business models, publishing and investment. The program is supported by public partners. That makes the program free for the eligible studios.

Our European Games Accelerator will:

Boost your games on the Market

Define the best market strategy and USP for your video games

Explore new financing and business models for your video games

Train yourself and pitch to publishers, investors and financiers

Define a long-term strategy and vision for your studio:

Develop your studio branding

Explore new financing model and scale up your studio

Gather experts, investors and publishers to support your projects.

Be part of a network of mentors and indie studios and gain more experience

How to apply ?

Apply between 1st January and 1st March each year with your projects and studios!

Contact Nicolas Etienne, our acceleration manager : nicolas@spielfabrique.eu

Send your pitch deck and your motivations to participate in the acceleration programme!

We will contact you for a short interview to get to know your team and projects better.

Who can apply?

You are:

a European studio with a video games prototype in pipeline

based in one of our Country partners

Our program : from March to April

March:

– Online Kick-off meeting – define your mentoring roadmap

– 2 days Workshop in one of our country partners – meet experts and studios to get feedbacks on your projects

April-June: Webinars on publishing, financing, marketing and communication strategies

May: Meetings with your mentor

June : Online Workshop – meet experts and studios to get feedbacks on your projects

July: Meeting with your mentor

August : networking and pitching event with publishers, financiers and investors.

After the program: stay in our studio and mentors community and participate in our webinars on publishing, financing, marketing and communication strategies